Careful. "Guest worker" makes it sound like they're going to be sent back across the border after the fruit-picking season or whatever, or at least that racking up years-of-residency for citizenship-application purposes will be out of the question. W was all for a "guest worker" program, which ought to tell you something about it, and nothing good.

And a lot of them would probably be interested in coming to the US for a season or a couple years to work and then go back to their homes in Central America. Not every worker who's in Cali picking fruit to feed their family in Jalisco is trying to become an American.

WASHINGTON – The White House announced this morning that pop star Beyonce accepted its invitation to perform at the State of the Union address tonight. According to a post on President Obama’s Facebook page, when the President reaches the Speaker’s rostrum in the House chamber to deliver his speech Tuesday night, Beyonce will descend from the rafters of the Capital building on a special wire harness. After landing, the ubiquitous pop star will perform “God Bless America” with a special appearance by rapper Pitbull.

Nonsense. LBJ was far leftier. Obama wouldn't even bring financial-sector malefactors to justice -- he ain't gonna try any War on Poverty. IF ONLY!

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"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

"I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property . . . Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right."

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"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

"I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property . . . Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right."

Say, what's with the green ribbons? Biden's wearing one and so is McCain.

__________________
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

"I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property . . . Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right."

It's traditional, isn't it? I can't recall a single one from Carter on that was not a camp meeting.

__________________
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

"I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property . . . Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right."